H. G. Dyar bluebook 532 - 574

Related Titles

Contained In: Harrison G. Dyar Note books, Department of Entomology, 1882 - 1925

Series: SIA Acc. 12-447

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Dyar, Harrison G. (Harrison Gray), 1866-1929

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1895-1897

Notes

English

The notebook documents Harrison G. Dyar's observations of collected insects and related rearing data for 1895. Entries are dated and organized by numbers, 532 - 574. Entries begin with type, locality, and vegetation. Some specimens were collected by other collectors. They follow with descriptions of characteristics: diet, sex, appearance, including colors and measurements and dates relating to phases of development. There are sketches of specimen anatomy throughout. Includes inserted notes, sketches and colored illustrations, pressed leaf, sections copied dated 1897. One specimen sent from Germany. Locations are in New Hampshire (Jefferson Highlands); New York (Van Cortlandt Park); New Mexico (Las Cruces); and Florida (Lake Worth).

Subjects

Entomology , Field notes , Florida , Germany , Illustrations , Jefferson Highland , Lake Worth , Las Cruces , New Hampshire , New Mexico , New York , Sketches , United States , Van Cortlandt Park

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98315